# 鵪鶉
## Chinese

* 鵪鶉 (Written Standard Chinese)
* quail (English)

### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): ānchún
    (Zhuyin): ㄢ ㄔㄨㄣˊ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): am$^1$ ceon$^1$
* Hakka (Meixian, Guangdong): am$^1$ cun$^1$
* Jin (Wiktionary): ghan$^1$ cung$^1$
* Northern Min (KCR): uíng-sě̤ng
* Eastern Min (BUC): ăng-*sùng / ngiăng-cŭng
* Southern Min
    (Hokkien, POJ): am-chhun / am-sûn / am-chhûn / an-sûn / an-tun / ian-tun / ian-chhun / ian-chun / am-chhun / ian-thun / am-thun
    (Teochew, Peng'im): am$^1$ sung$^5$ / ngiang$^1$ cung$^1$ / ngiang$^2$ cung$^1$
* Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): $^1$oe-zen
* Xiang (Changsha, Wiktionary): ngan$^1$ xyn$^2$
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: ānchún → ānchun (toneless final syllable variant)
*** Zhuyin: ㄢ ㄔㄨㄣˊ → ㄢ ˙ㄔㄨㄣ (toneless final syllable variant)
*** Tongyong Pinyin: anchůn
*** Wade–Giles: an$^1$-chʻun$^5$
*** Yale: ān-chwun
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: an.chwen
*** Palladius: аньчунь (anʹčunʹ)
*** Sinological IPA : /ˀän⁵⁵ ʈ͡ʂʰu̯ən³⁵/ → /ˀän⁵⁵ ʈ͡ʂʰu̯ən²/
*** Homophones: [Show/Hide]$^{edit}$安純 / 安纯 鵪鶉 / 鹌鹑
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: am$^1$ ceon$^1$
*** Yale: ām chēun
*** Cantonese Pinyin: am$^1$ tsoen$^1$
*** Guangdong Romanization: em$^1$ cên$^1$
*** Sinological IPA : /ɐm⁵⁵ t͡sʰɵn⁵⁵/
* Hakka
** (Meixian)
*** Guangdong: am$^1$ cun$^1$
*** Sinological IPA: /am⁴⁴ t͡sʰun⁴⁴/
* Jin
** (Taiyuan)
*** Wiktionary: ghan$^1$ cung$^1$
*** Sinological IPA (old-style): /ɣæ̃¹¹ t͡sʰuŋ¹¹/
* Northern Min
** (Jian'ou)
*** Kienning Colloquial Romanized: uíng-sě̤ng
*** Sinological IPA : /uiŋ⁵⁴ sœyŋ²¹/
* Eastern Min
** (Fuzhou)
*** Bàng-uâ-cê: ăng-*sùng / ngiăng-cŭng
*** Sinological IPA : /aŋ⁵⁵ suŋ⁵³/, /ŋiaŋ⁵⁵ $^{(t͡s-)}$ʒuŋ⁵⁵/
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien: Xiamen)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: am-chhun
*** Tâi-lô: am-tshun
*** Phofsit Daibuun: amzhwn
*** IPA (Xiamen): /am⁴⁴⁻²² t͡sʰun⁴⁴/
** (Hokkien: Quanzhou, Singapore)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: am-sûn
*** Tâi-lô: am-sûn
*** Phofsit Daibuun: amsuun
*** IPA (Quanzhou): /am³³ sun²⁴/
*** IPA (Singapore): /am⁴⁴⁻²² sun²⁴/
** (Hokkien: Xiamen)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: am-chhûn
*** Tâi-lô: am-tshûn
*** Phofsit Daibuun: amzhuun
*** IPA (Xiamen): /am⁴⁴⁻²² t͡sʰun²⁴/
** (Hokkien: Singapore)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: an-sûn
*** Tâi-lô: an-sûn
*** Phofsit Daibuun: ansuun
*** IPA (Singapore): /an⁴⁴⁻²² sun²⁴/
** (Hokkien: Singapore)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: an-tun
*** Tâi-lô: an-tun
*** Phofsit Daibuun: andwn
*** IPA (Singapore): /an⁴⁴⁻²² tun⁴⁴/
** (Hokkien: Zhangzhou, Singapore)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ian-tun
*** Tâi-lô: ian-tun
*** Phofsit Daibuun: iendwn
*** IPA (Zhangzhou, Singapore): /iɛn⁴⁴⁻²² tun⁴⁴/
** (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ian-chhun
*** Tâi-lô: ian-tshun
*** Phofsit Daibuun: ienzhwn
*** IPA (Taipei, Kaohsiung): /iɛn⁴⁴⁻³³ t͡sʰun⁴⁴/
** (Hokkien: variant in Taiwan)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ian-chun
*** Tâi-lô: ian-tsun
*** Phofsit Daibuun: ienzwn
*** IPA (Taipei, Kaohsiung): /iɛn⁴⁴⁻³³ t͡sun⁴⁴/
** (Hokkien: variant in Taiwan)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: am-chhun
*** Tâi-lô: am-tshun
*** Phofsit Daibuun: amzhwn
*** IPA (Taipei, Kaohsiung): /am⁴⁴⁻³³ t͡sʰun⁴⁴/
** (Hokkien: variant in Taiwan)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ian-thun
*** Tâi-lô: ian-thun
*** Phofsit Daibuun: ientwn
*** IPA (Taipei, Kaohsiung): /iɛn⁴⁴⁻³³ tʰun⁴⁴/
** (Hokkien: Penang)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: am-thun
*** Tâi-lô: am-thun
*** Phofsit Daibuun: amtwn
*** IPA (Penang): /am³³⁻²¹ tʰun³³/
** (Teochew)
*** Peng'im: am$^1$ sung$^5$ / ngiang$^1$ cung$^1$ / ngiang$^2$ cung$^1$
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: am sûng / ngiang tshung / ngiáng tshung
*** Sinological IPA : /am³³⁻²³ suŋ⁵⁵/, /ŋiaŋ³³⁻²³ t͡sʰuŋ³³/, /ŋiaŋ⁵²⁻³⁵ t͡sʰuŋ³³/
* ngiang1 cung1 - Shantou;
* ngiang2 cung1 - Chenghai.
* Middle Chinese: 'om dzywin
Rime :
| Character | 鵪 | 鶉 |
| Reading # | 1/1 | 1/1 |
| Initial (聲) | 影 (34) | 常 (25) |
| Final (韻) | 覃 (159) | 諄 (47) |
| Tone (調) | Level (Ø) | Level (Ø) |
| Openness (開合) | Open | Closed |
| Division (等) | I | III |
| Fanqie | 烏含切 | 常倫切 |
| Baxter | 'om | dzywin |
| Reconstructions |||
| Zhengzhang Shangfang | /ʔʌm/ | /d͡ʑiuɪn/ |
| Pan Wuyun | /ʔəm/ | /d͡ʑʷin/ |
| Shao Rongfen | /ʔɒm/ | /d͡ʑjuen/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank | /ʔəm/ | /d͡ʑwin/ |
| Li Rong | /ʔᴀm/ | /ʑiuĕn/ |
| Wang Li | /ɒm/ | /ʑĭuĕn/ |
| Bernhard Karlgren | /ʔăm/ | /ʑi̯uĕn/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex | ān | chún |
| Expected Cantonese Reflex | am$^1$ | seon$^4$ |
* Old Chinese
    (Zhengzhang): /*qoːm doːn/
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014) :
| Character | 鶉 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| Modern Beijing (Pinyin) | chún |
| Middle Chinese | ‹ dzywin › |
| Old Chinese | /*[d]ur/ |
| English | quail |
| Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p; * Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary. ||
Zhengzhang system (2003) :
| Character | 鵪 | 鶉 |
| Reading # | 1/1 | 1/2 |
| No. | 14329 | 2596 |
| Phonetic component | 奄 | 敦 |
| Rime group | 談 | 元 |
| Rime subdivision | 3 | 3 |
| Corresponding MC rime | 諳 | 團 |
| Old Chinese | /*qoːm/ | /*doːn/ |
| Notes | 䳺晚起字 | 鷻字注或體見詩 |

### Noun

鵪鶉
* quail

#### Synonyms

| Variety | Location | Words |
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 鵪鶉 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Beijing | 鵪鶉 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Taiwan | 鵪鶉 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Harbin | 鵪鶉 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Singapore | 鵪鶉 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Jinan | 鵪鶉 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Yantai (Muping) | 鵪雀兒 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Luoyang | 鵪鶉 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Wanrong | 鵪蟲兒 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xi'an | 鵪鶉 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xining | 鵪鶉 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xuzhou | 鵪鶉 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Yinchuan | 鵪鶉 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Ürümqi | 鵪鶉 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Chengdu | 鵪鶉兒 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Wuhan | 鵪鶉 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Guiyang | 鵪鶉 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Liuzhou | 鵪鶉, 鵪鶉鳥 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Nanjing | 鵪鶉 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Yangzhou | 鵪鶉 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | 鵪鶉 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong | 鵪鶉 |
| Cantonese | Dongguan | 鵪鶉 |
| Gan | Lichuan | 鵪鶉 |
| Hakka | Meixian | 鵪鶉, 鵪鶉仔 |
| Hakka | Miaoli (N. Sixian) | 鵪鶉 |
| Hakka | Miaoli (Gongguan; N. Sixian) | 鵪鶉仔 |
| Hakka | Miaoli (Zhuolan; N. Sixian) | 鵪鶉仔 |
| Hakka | Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) | 鵪鶉 |
| Hakka | Pingtung (Wuluo, Ligang; S. Sixian) | 鵪鶉仔 |
| Hakka | Kaohsiung (Meinong; S. Sixian) | 鵪鶉仔 |
| Hakka | Kaohsiung (Shanlin; S. Sixian) | 鵪鶉仔 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) | 鵪鶉仔 |
| Hakka | Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) | 鵪鶉 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) | 鵪鶉仔 |
| Hakka | Miaoli (Zhuolan; Raoping) | 鵪鶉 |
| Hakka | Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) | 鵪鶉 |
| Huizhou | Jixi | 鵪鶉 |
| Jin | Taiyuan | 鵪鶉 |
| Jin | Xinzhou | 鵪鶉 |
| Northern Min | Jian'ou | 鵪鶉 |
| Eastern Min | Fuzhou | 鵪鶉 |
| Southern Min | Xiamen | 鵪鶉 |
| Southern Min | Quanzhou | 鵪鶉 |
| Southern Min | Zhangzhou | 鵪鶉 |
| Southern Min | Zhao'an | 鵪鶉 |
| Southern Min | New Taipei (Tamsui) | 鵪鶉 |
| Southern Min | New Taipei (Pingxi) | 鵪鶉 |
| Southern Min | Kaohsiung | 鵪鶉仔 |
| Southern Min | Yilan (Luodong) | 鵪鶉仔 |
| Southern Min | Yilan (Toucheng) | 鵪鶉仔 |
| Southern Min | Changhua (Yongjing) | 鵪鶉 |
| Southern Min | Tainan (Anping) | 鵪鶉 |
| Southern Min | Pingtung (Baoli, Checheng) | 無尾鵪鶉 |
| Southern Min | Penghu (Xiyu) | 鵪鶉 |
| Southern Min | Penang (Hokkien) | 鵪鶉 |
| Southern Min | Singapore (Hokkien) | 鵪鶉 |
| Southern Min | Shantou | 鵪鶉, 鸕鶉 |
| Southern Min | Shantou (Chenghai) | 鵪鶉 |
| Southern Min | Nan'ao (Houzhai) | 鵪鶉 |
| Southern Min | Nan'ao (Yun'ao) | 鵪鶉 |
| Southern Min | Singapore (Teochew) | 鵪鶉, 鸕鶉 |
| Southern Min | Haikou | 鵪鶉鳥 |
| Southern Pinghua | Nanning (Tingzi) | 鵪鶉 |
| Wu | Shanghai | 鵪鶉 |
| Wu | Suzhou | 鵪鶉 |
| Wu | Danyang | 鵪鶉 |
| Wu | Hangzhou | 鵪鶉 |
| Wu | Ningbo | 鵪鶉 |
| Wu | Wenzhou | 鵪鶉 |
| Wu | Jinhua | 鵪鶉 |
| Xiang | Changsha | 鵪鶉 |
| Xiang | Loudi | 鶉子 |

#### Derived terms

* 鵪鶉卵 / 鹌鹑卵
* 鵪鶉蛋 / 鹌鹑蛋 (ānchúndàn)

### Adjective

鵪鶉
* (Cantonese) cowardly; timid